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Christian Downie, Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

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Have you heard offshore windfarms kill whales? (They don’t.) Or that electric vehicles catch fire more often than petrol cars? (It’s the opposite.) Perhaps you’ve heard “natural” gas is clean? (It can be worse than coal.)

This is what climate misinformation looks like. These claims are common, influential and damaging. They’re often spread for a reason: to slow the uptake of clean alternatives to fossil fuels. Unfortunately, they are shaping public opinion.

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